Animal Control removed the 2-year-old, white-haired pot-bellied pig on Friday after the Board of Health took away Ruiz’s license.

They say Ruiz did not show up to two Animal Control hearings about the pig even though Ruiz says he has paid all the citations. Ruiz told the paper city workers have tried to lure Porkchop from his garage and onto city streets just to get Ruiz in trouble.

On Oct. 2, the board said the pig had to leave Brockton by Friday and if he didn’t the city would take the pig out of Brockton themselves and not disclose Porkchop’s location to Ruiz.